HETEROCHRONIC DEVELOPMENTAL SHIFT CAUSED BY THYROID HORMONE IN LARVAL SAND DOLLARS AND ITS IMPLICATI...
HETEROCHRONIC DEVELOPMENTAL SHIFT CAUSED BY THYROID HORMONE IN LARVAL SAND DOLLARS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF NONFEEDING DEVELOPMENT
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United States: Society for the Study of Evolution
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United States: Society for the Study of Evolution
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Recent work on a diverse array of echinoderm species has demonstrated, as is true in amphibians, that thyroid hormone (TH) accelerates development to metamorphosis. Interestingly, the feeding larvae of several species of sea urchins seem to obtain TH through their diet of planktonic algae (exogenous source), whereas nonfeeding larvae of the sand do...
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HETEROCHRONIC DEVELOPMENTAL SHIFT CAUSED BY THYROID HORMONE IN LARVAL SAND DOLLARS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF NONFEEDING DEVELOPMENT
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_71885804
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_71885804
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0014-3820
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1558-5646
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10.1554/03-243
